Remember the handcrafted mischief of the gangs on "The Little Rascals", "Gilligan's Island", and "The Swiss Family Robinson?" This cleverness is back in the old-fashioned fun of "Treehouses and Other Cool Stuff You Can Build". Imagine building an old-fashioned go-cart, an A-frame treehouse, a portable lemonade stand, a seesaw, a scooter skateboard ...
Enchanting toys can be yours with these full plans and easy instructions for 45 projects -- a 15-car train, rocking cradle, even an entire play center! Full patterns and plans for many.
Spokes, spools, rods and reels: Since its introduction in 1913, the "Tinkertoy" construction set has been the tool of choice for young builders and proof positive that fun and learning can go hand-in-hand. As it approaches the century mark, this classic favourite is getting a special gift: a guide and interactive CD-ROM with cool projects to make ...
For generations, children have loved playing with Lincoln Logs building sets and discovering just how inventive they can be. The brainchild of John Lloyd Wright (son of the famous architect), these interlocking logs open up endless possibilities for kids: anything a child can dream up, he or she can build. Plus, every time kids place the logs in ...
A guide to making folk toys with common hand tools. Includes 30 easy to make projects with step-by-step instructions. Includes a history of American folk toys.
With a scroll saw, some scrap wood, a touch of paint, and this book, you can create fascinating, movable toys from the past. Full-size patterns and plans for nineteen pull-cord, hand-crank, and gravity-operated classics are offered. You will find a waddling shorebird, diving frog, strutting pig, creeping crocodile, scuttling beetle, and more than ...
Dashing, proud and brave, Uncle Peder had never made so fine a horse before The little wooden horse loves Uncle Peder like a father and hopes never to leave him. Then the toymaker falls upon hard times, the little wooden horse must go out into the world to seek his fortune. But whether he's working in a coal mine, walking the tightrope in a circus ...
Recreates the toys and children's furniture of the early Americans, who relied on available materials and their own skills to make practical items. Detailed plans and instructions are provided for 18 projects, including an acrobat, a small child's chair, a doll's cradle and a rocking horse.
Beautifully illustrated with large, color photographs, this price guide devotes a chapter to profile each manufacturer, and explore the intricacies of their dolls and toys created from 1900 to the 1940s.
Whether one is looking for a book of patterns for making simple woodcrafts, instruction on special painting techniques, or a compilation of eye-catching designs for home, garden, and playroom, this guide offers the answers. Color illustrations and scaled templates, along with expert instructions, guarantee success for a variety of handsome ...
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